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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a bilateral meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Wednesday.
17 Sep, 2026 0

EU chief wants Canada as first associate member

STRASBOURG (AP): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen yesterday proposed making Canada the European Union’s first associate member, a striking overture as US President Donald Trump’s…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette Rubio depart the international airport Ernesto Cortissoz in Barranquilla, Colombia, September 9.
17 Sep, 2026 0

US imposes new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites

CAPE TOWN (AP): The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against whites and other minority groups in South…
Linvern Wright, principal of the William Knibb Memorial High School in Trelawny.
17 Sep, 2026 0

$100K mobile phones but no textbooks

WESTERN BUREAU: A senior school administrator is challenging parents to rethink their priorities as the new school year gets under way, noting that some are spending heavily on their children’s…
From left: PAHO Director Dr Jarbas Barbosa and Gilead Sciences Chief Commercial and Corporate Affairs Officer Johanna Mercier, with copies of the agreement that enables Latin American and Caribbean countries to access lenacapavir as part of preventive medi
17 Sep, 2026 0

PAHO expands access to HIV prevention drug

WASHINGTON (CMC): The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is opening new avenues for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to access lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention…
Ethnie Miller Simpson.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Miller Simpson warns about data drain as J’cans feed foreign AI services

WESTERN BUREAU: Educator Ethnie Miller Simpson is expressing concern that while Jamaica is pumping information into artificial-intelligence (AI) systems at an accelerating rate, the country does not…
Lacey Ann Bartley, managing director of Bartley’s AllInWood, displaying some of her products.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Bartley’s, Ettenio join forces to package J’can luxury

WESTERN BUREAU: Two female-led Jamaican companies are betting that collaboration, local ingredients and a strong sense of place can give home-grown manufacturers a bigger slice of the lucrative…
AP Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington on Wednesday, July 29.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Fed defies Trump with first rate rise in 3 years

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation, a move that could spur a sharp response from the White…
LL Cool J keeps things classic with a twist, stepping onto the Emmy carpet in a dark, patterned double-breasted suit, matching tie, and flat cap. A statement brooch and polished accessories completes the look.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Something Extra | Thursday

The 78th Emmy Awards may have wrapped, but the style conversation is still going. Before Monday’s ceremony, television’s biggest names made their own statements on the blue carpet and inside the venue…
This image released by Voracious shows the cookbook ‘The Chinese Way’ by Betty Liu.
17 Sep, 2026 0

Recipe | Betty Liu’s sesame-cumin chicken

Deep-frying (zhà), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the ‘Frying’ chapter in my cookbook The…